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N95 and surgical masks (Shutterstock)
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Canadian company to make up to 200,000 masks every day

It'll be the first company in Canada to produce N95 respirators.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 7, 2020
BC Ferries (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries to temporarily layoff up to 1,400 employees

But the union has indicated it will attempt to fight the decision.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 7, 2020
3M respirator masks (Shutterstock)
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Canada will continue to receive 3M respirators after new Trump deal

3M will manufacture 166.5 million respirators over the next 3 months.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 7, 2020
Artistic rendering of the new Alice Saunders House at 2924 Venables Street, Vancouver. (Ryder Architecture / Brightside Community Homes Foundation)
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146 units of social housing proposed for corner of Renfrew and Venables streets

146 new homes for low-income seniors.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 7, 2020
One-way direction walking route for Garry Point Park during the pandemic. (City of Richmond)
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City of Richmond mandates one-way walking direction for popular park

It's intended to improve physical distancing.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
TransLink's R2 Marine Drive RapidBus (Bowinn Ma/Twitter)
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TransLink's new RapidBus service on the North Shore is now running

The coronavirus did not stop today's North Shore service launch.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
February 2020 construction progress of the redevelopment of the Canada Post building in downtown Vancouver. (Kenneth Chan / Daily Hive)
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How BC construction sites are keeping their workers safe from the coronavirus

Various new measures and policies are keeping workers safe and the economy going.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
Google Maps on a Samsung smartphone. (Google)
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Google Maps releases data on how physical distancing is changing our behavior

Trips to the grocery store and pharmacy in the US are down 22%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
Harley House at 1230 Nelson Street, Vancouver. (Goodman Commercial)
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21-storey rental tower in downtown Vancouver's West End sold for $52 million

The aging tower on the large lot contains 107 rental homes.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
BC Ferries. (Shutterstock)
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BC Ferries ordered to limit ship capacities by 50%, conduct passenger health checks

New federal regulations require all passengers to be checked for their health.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
Coronavirus. (Shutterstock)
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3 more coronavirus deaths in Alberta, with known cases rising to 1,250

69 new cases have been confirmed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
Apple CEO Tim Cook with a face shield. (Tim Cook / Twitter)
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Apple to produce 1 million face shields every week for hospital workers

Tim Cook says Apple will distribute the equipment globally.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 6, 2020
Vancouver Canucks' Mark Donnelly singing O Canada outside an apartment complex in New Westminster. (Daniel P Bloch Photography / YouTube screenshot)
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Canucks' Mark Donnelly belts out O Canada for hospital workers (VIDEOS)

A special 7 pm performance outside apartment towers by the Canucks singer. 🇨🇦

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 5, 2020
The 2018 Concord Dragon Boat Festival in East False Creek, Vancouver. (Shutterstock)
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Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver postponed

It is tentatively rescheduled to the end of summer.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 5, 2020
Google Maps on a Samsung smartphone. (Google)
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Google Maps releases data on how physical distancing is changing our behaviour

On a whole across Canada, trips to the grocery store and pharmacy are down 35%.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 5, 2020
Royal Pacific Realty's Sing Lim Yeo donating masks to St. Paul's Hospital. (Royal Pacific Realty)
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Vancouver realtors donate over 61,000 masks to local hospitals

"We hope this helps make the fight against this pandemic easier for our frontline heroes."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2020
For sale sign (Shutterstock)
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Some Metro Vancouver realtors are still asking renters to allow open houses

This of course goes against COVID-19 healthy safety protocols.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2020
Accent Inns in Richmond (Accent Inns)
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BC hotel chain's initiative gives free room nights to hospital workers

Some hospital workers have been sleeping in their cars to avoid infecting their families.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Apr 3, 2020
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